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Definition of Lysol
1. Noun. A clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Definition of Lysol
1. Proper noun. A liquid antiseptic and disinfectant; a mixture of cresols and soap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lysol
1. a poisonous disinfectant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysol
Literary usage of Lysol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"CB ADAMS, from a series of laboratory experiments, is convinced of the powerful
germicidal action of lysol, and believes that it is deserving of high rank, ..."
2. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"The application of pure lysol to a large part of the body of a young man was
followed by loss of consciousness and convulsions, violent inflammation of the ..."
3. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"Lysol is a preparation extensively employed, because it is perfectly soluble in
water. ... 1289), lysol is made from the first portions of creosote oil, ..."
4. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1906)
"Lysol is a proprietary antiseptic containing 50 per cent, of kresol, or cresylic
acid and tincture of green soap. It is used in i, i^, and 2 per cent, ..."
5. Memoranda on poisons by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1907)
"Death sometimes occurs after the symptoms have abated. TREATMENT.—Experience in
lysol poisoning shows that prompt use of the stomach-pump 11-,•/. ..."
6. The New York Medical Times (1896)
"A four-year-old boy drank 25 grammes of undiluted lysol ; the child ... ^Regarding
the toxic effects in this accidental case with lysol—applicable also to ..."
7. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1895)
"Dr. AJ Comstock writes to the Medical News the following facts in a case of
accidental poisoning by lysol, occurring to one of his patients recently, ..."
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